Bag-holder



2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

F. W. WEBER.

BAG HOLDER.

(No Model.)

Patented Nov. 26, 1889.

N. FEYERS, Photo-Lithographer, Washingwn, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

FREDERICK IV. IVEBER, ()F BOALSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,803, dated November26, 1889.

Application filed September 11, 1889. Serial No. 323,643. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, FREDERICK W. WEBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boalsburg, in the county of Centre and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBag-Holders and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention .relatesto improvements in devices for holding bags'whilebeing filled; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangementand combination of parts, all as will be hereinafter fully described,and pointed out in the claim.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional View of mydevice. Fig. 2 is an end view, Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig. 4 is adetail View.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates thebag-holder, consisting of the supports or legs a a a a, which areconnected together by rods Z), and forming a portable frame. These rodssupport and brace the legs in a firm manner, and the latter inclinetoward one another, whereby the feet or lower ends are wider apart thanthe top. At the upper end of each bar or leg a and within the frameIpivota hook B, the horizontal or hook portion 0 of which supports thebag 61 at the mouth, as shown. The downwardly-extended portion e is bentat right angles, forming a curved arm f. A spring g bears against theportion 9 and a rod h bears .of the hook, which supports said hooks in ahorizontal position, after which the'mouth of the bag is hooked thereon,thus spreading the mouth open to receive the grain, &o., and when thebag is full the operator forces the rods h from engagement with thecurved arms. At the same time the spring throws the hook outwardly andfrom engagement with the bag, when the frame, being light, can be liftedup and taken away from the bag.

A device constructed as herein described is simple in operation,durable, and light to handle, as well as being cheap to manufacture.

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a bag-holder, the combination, with the uprights secured to oneanother by the horizontal rods, as shown, of the holding-hooks havingthe hooked end to engage the bag and lower curved end and pivoted on therods of the frame, the spring secured to the uprights and adapted toengage the pivoted hook, and the holding-bar engaging the curved lowerend of the pivoted hook and hinged to the uprights, all as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK IV. WEBER.

Witnesses:

R. B. HARRISON, P. M. WEBER.

